Alemannisch
[aləˈmanɪʃ]
The verdict
“Alemannisch” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Verband einer Reihe von oberdeutschen Großdialekten beziehungsweise Sprachen
Corpus desk
Index DE-alemannisch · Alemannisch · German
Alemannisch · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Alemannisch |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [aləˈmanɪʃ] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Alemannisch“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Alemannisch is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [aləˈmanɪʃ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Alemannisch, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Alemannisch, spelled A-L-E-M-A-N-N-I-S-C-H.
Definition
- 1Verband einer Reihe von oberdeutschen Großdialekten beziehungsweise Sprachen
- 2Verband einer Reihe von oberdeutschen Dialekten
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Alemannisch appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Das Wort „fallen“ heißt auf Alemannisch „kaie“, oder auch „gheie“, ausgesprochen mit starken k (ch) oder gh.
Auch die Deutschschweiz (einschließlich der Walsergebiete), ebenso Vorarlberg, gehören zum Sprachraum des Alemannischen.
Synonyms
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.